Tones
Intro to The Members Rigs
A quick introduction for those of you who don't know the guys rigs. More information found on the Gear section. Matt at the moment uses a Kemper modeling head with mostly manson guitars, and marshall models, with a wide variety of effects. However, in the early days, he mainly used Marshalls or the Vox AC30. Chris' amps and basses have changed over the years but the main setup remains the same. Split the bass channel into three, one clean, one with a Big Muff, one with an Animato, each going to separate amps.
Showbiz
Sunburn
Muscle Museum
Filip
Falling Down
Cave
Showbiz
Unintended
Uno
Sober
For this, Matt uses a DigiTech whammy for the riff (1 octave down) and for the bridge (1 octave up). On the bridge and the solo he also uses an Electro-Harmonix micro synth.
Spiral Static
Escape
Overdue
Hate This and I'll Love You
Origin of Symmetry
New Born
Bliss
Space Dementia
Hyper Music
Plug In Baby
Matt used the Manson DeLorean for this song. In an interview with Total Guitar magazine, he said he might not have written the song if it wasn't for this guitar. For the riff, Matt uses the ZVex Fuzz Factory, which is built into his Manson Delorean. For the verse parts, Matt used a Roland VG-8 guitar synthesizer with the Roland GK-2 MIDI pickup, to emulate pulsing strings.
Citizen Erased
Matt has said on multiple occasions that he used a Manson 7 string (His first Manson) to record Citizen Erased.
Micro Cuts
Screenager
Matt uses a line 6 delay modeler in the "Reverse" mode for this song.
Darkshines
Feeling Good
Futurism
Chris uses the Boss OC-2 octave pedal to achieve the bass tone.
Megalomania
Absolution
Intro (N/A)
Apocalypse Please
Time Is Running Out
Sing For Absolution
Stockholm Syndrome
Falling Away With You
Interlude
Hysteria
(Bass) Hysteria is one of Muse's most coveted and most sought after bass tones. It follows the standard set up of clean, big muff, animato, and was recorded on a Marshall DBS 7400 amp, with presumably 2 1x15 cabs and one 1x15 (as this is what he uses live), with a Pedulla Rapture RB5. A synth tone can be heard as well, which some believe is the Digitech Bass Synth Wah, but is actually the Roland JP-8080 synthesiser, used by either Chris or Bellamy.
(Guitar) For the solo of this song, Matt uses a stereo delay, where the DigiTech whammy is heard on the repeats, not on the actual playing.
Blackout
Butterflies and Hurricanes
The Small Print
Endlessly
Thoughts of a Dying Atheist
Ruled by Secrecy
Black Holes and Revelations
Take A Bow
Starlight
Supermassive Black Hole
I'm unsure what fuzz pedal was used, but Matt has said that he DI'd (Direct injected) fuzz for this one, it's likely it was a Big Muff or Fuzz Factory.
Map Of The Problematique
Matt ran his guitar through many analog synthesizers/sequncers for this one.
Soldier's Poem
I'm unsure what specific guitar, but Matt uses an acoustic for this song.
Invincible
Assassin
Exo-Politics
City of Delusion
Hoodoo
Knight's of Cydonia
The Resistance
Uprisning
Resistance
Undisclosed Desires
United States of Eurasia
Guiding Light
Unnatural Selection
MK Ultra
Matt used an MXR Blue Box to record this song.
I Belong To You
Exogenesis Symphony (Part 1)
Exogenesis Symphony (Part 2)
Exogenesis Symphony (Part 3)
The 2nd Law
Supremacy
Madness
Panic Station
Prelude
Survival
Follow Me
Animals
Explorers
Big Freeze
Save Me
Liquid State
The 2nd Law: Unsustainable
The 2nd Law: Isolated System
Drones
Dead Inside
[DRILL SERGEANT]
Psycho
Mercy
Reapers
The Handler
[JFK]
Defector
Revolt
Aftermath
The Globalist
(Guitar) Matt recorded the opening section on a Fender amp, with a Fender Strat. A Diezel VH4 (Channel 4) was used in the heavy section, played on the 7 string Manson E Guitar. (Bass)In the making of The Globalist video, Chris talks about the octave effect being used during the heavy mid section, but for the most part, the bass part is clean.
Drones
Will Of The People
Will Of The People
This is another song Matt DI'd fuzz on, although he hasn't specified what pedal yet. Judging from the gear he used for Will Of The People, it may be a Dwarfcraft Necromancer.
Compliance (N/A)
Liberation
Won't Stand Down
Ghosts (How Can I Move On) (N/A)
You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween
Kill Or Be Killed
Verona
I'm guessing Matt uses a Korg SDD-3000 delay for this song, as it is mentioned in an interview about the gear used to record Will Of The People.
Euphoria
We Are Fucking Fucked
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